A presentation on Sustainable Pastoralist Development: Working through Partnerships by Aggrey Ndombi - Learn4Workat at the Humanitarian Partnership Conference 2014

1. HUMANITARIAN PARTNERSHIP
CONFERENCE 2014
Sustainable Pastoralist Development
Working through Partnerships
Presented by: Aggrey Ndombi
National Coordinator, Learn4Work

2. WORKING THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS
Presentation Overview
• Introduction and Background
• Why Partnerships in realizing
Sustainable pastoralist development
• Partnership Architecture & Principles
• Achievements
• Challenges
• What needs to be done

3. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
What is Learn4Work?
• Programme aimed to improve
vocational education in Africa. By
linking African and Dutch (business)
organizations, schools and people.
• Makes a positive contribution to:
–the number of young people who
can learn a trade;
– the quality of vocational training;
– better alignment with and flow-through
to the job market.

4. BACKGROUND Cont…
• Vocational training is the basis for
finding work or starting a business
amongst the illiterate and semi-illiterate
Pastoralists.
• Work offers young people more
opportunities to improve their
income, raise their standard of living
and become independent.

5. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
• Learn4Work is co-funded by the
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• Vision and mission: stimulate youth
employment
• 3 Key strategies:
– Formation of Private–public
Partnerships
– Learn from experiences and expand
or upscale good practices
–Demand-driven focus of the
partnership projects

6. PARTNERSHIPS IN REALIZING SUSTAINABLE
PASTORALIST DEVELOPMENT

7. WHY PARTNERSHIPS
• These communities live in areas
that are arid or semi-arid with low
precipitation and erratic rainfall
• Traditionally depend on the
common property resources
consisting of pasture, water and
mineral licks
• Pastoralists are confronted with
many natural as well as man-made
problems

8. WHY PARTNERSHIPS

9. PARTNERSHIP ARCHITECTURE &
PRINCIPLES
African
NGO
African TVET
Provider
Dutch Expert
on TVET and
Labour Market
Community
Dutch
Development
Organizations
Potential partners
Kenyan NGOs,
CBOs, FBOs
Kenyan Private
Sector
Dutch Private
Sector
ETC….
Partnership Architecture

10. ACHIEVEMENTS
• Community Driven and Ownership
• Co-financing: Realization of 66% own
Contribution both in cash and in kind
• Strong linkage to labour market
• Sustainable because of common
interests in the partnership
• Knowledge and experience sharing
• Internationalization
• Multi- sectoral approach in skills
development

11. CHALLENGES
• Requires a lead partner who is a
contracting party
• Striking a common goal/agenda in the
partnership
• Sharing of good practices

12. WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
• Knowledge Management
Knowledge
Create
Document
new approaches
and models and
test them.
documentation
and development
of tools
Apply Share
new Technologies
requires
competences
Organize Exchange
programs, forums

13. For more information:
www.learn4work.edukans.nl

14. Thank you
Q & A